DHAS presents program on the history of Dartmouth

Wednesday

Jun 19, 2013 at 12:01 AMJun 20, 2013 at 11:50 AM

DARTMOUTH — Join the Dartmouth Historical and Arts Society at the Apponagansett Friends Meeting House to learn about the founders of our town. Marcia Cornell Glynn, long a member of the Society of Friends, the Quakers, will present a program about the history of Dartmouth. Learn the background behind familiar names such as Allen, Cornell, Davis, Gidley, Gifford, Lampham, Russell, Smith, Tucker, Crapo, and Slocum that surround us.

DARTMOUTH — Join the Dartmouth Historical and Arts Society at the Apponagansett Friends Meeting House to learn about the founders of our town. Marcia Cornell Glynn, long a member of the Society of Friends, the Quakers, will present a program about the history of Dartmouth. Learn the background behind familiar names such as Allen, Cornell, Davis, Gidley, Gifford, Lampham, Russell, Smith, Tucker, Crapo, and Slocum that surround us.

Cornell Glynn was born in Dartmouth of Quaker parents, part of a family that has lived here for nine generations. Her family participated in Quaker Meetings and played an important role in town politics. Cornell Glynn ancestors were involved with farming and whaling, migrating in the early years of the Society of Friends, which began in England in the 1650s, to Boston, Rhode Island and then Dartmouth. Her family helped found the Old Dartmouth Historical Society and the South Bristol Farmers Club.

Dartmouth Historical and Arts Society invites you to the program Sunday, June 30, at 2 p.m. at the Apponagansett Friends Meeting House, Russells Mills Road in Russells Mills. Donations will be appreciated.